Dept. of Labor and Economic Growth

Michigan Government News

1997 Releases: January/ February/ March/ April/ May/ June/ July/ August/ September/ October/ November/ December

December 1997


• December 19, 1997--Consumers Energy's Expanded Natural Gas Transportation Program
• December 12, 1997--Long Distance of Michigan Inc. Granted License to Provide Basic Local Telephone Service
• December 12, 1997--GTE Communications Corp. Granted Conditional License to Provide Basic Local Telephone Service
• December 12, 1997--1997/98 Home Heating Help

November 1997

• November 25, 1997--CMC Telecom & CIMCO Communications Granted Licenses for Basic Local Telephone Service
• November 25, 1997--Detroit Edison's Rate Reduction
• November 18, 1997--Retail Electric Competition Emerges in Michigan
• November 7, 1997 - US Exchange of Michigan/USN Communications Midwest (licenses)

  October 1997

• October 29, 1997--Electric Restructuring Orders
• October 29, 1997--SEMCO Rate Revision
• October 24, 1997--Michigan Winter Energy Appraisal 1997/98
• October 15, 1997--Easton Telecom Services Granted Basic Local Telephone License
• October 14, 1997--MPSC Staff Report on Electric Restructuring - Customer Focus Issues & Recommendations

September 1997

• Sept. 30, 1997--City of Southfield v. Ameritech Michigan's Implementation of 9-1-1 System
• Sept. 30, 1997--Allendale Telephone's Expansion of Local Telephone Service
• Sept. 30, 1997--Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin, 1996 PSCR Reconciliation
• Sept. 12, 1997--MPSC Dismisses Ameritech Michigan's Request to Alter Director Assistance Rates
• Sept. 12, 1997--Wisconsin Public Service Corp. 1996 PSCR Reconciliation
• Sept. 12, 1997--Ontonagon County Rural Electrification Assoc. 1995/96 PSCR Reconciliation
• Sept. 12, 1997--Consumers Energy 1995 PSCR Reconciliation
• September 2, 1997--1997 Consumer Forums

August 1997

• August 25, 1997--The Phone Company Granted License to Provide Basic Local Telephone Service
• August 25, 1997--Western Michigan Electric Cooperative
• August 25, 1997--Wabash Valley Power
• August 25, 1997--Thumb Electric Cooperative
• August 13, 1997--BRE Communications Expands Local Telephone Service Area

July 1997

• July 31, 1997--MCI/Ameritech Michigan Interconnection Agreement
• July 31, 1997--Microwave Services & Lennon Telephone Co. - Basic Local Telephone Service Licenses
• July 31, 1997--Peninsular Gas Company Rate Revision
• July 14, 1997--Contested Cases Begun to Implement Customer Choice Program for Electric Customers
• July 10, 1997--Sprint Communications - License Expansion
• July 10, 1997-Frontier Telemanagement, Inc. Granted Basic Local Telephone Service License
• July 10, 1997--Thumb Electric Coop - Rate Revision
• July 10, 1997--Alpena Power Supply Cost Recovery Reconciliation for 1996

June 1997

• June 27, 1997--Public Meetings on Market Power and Customer Focus Issues in Electric Restructuring
• June 25, 1997--Coast to Coast/Ameritech Interconnection Agreement
• June 25, 1997--Polycom America and Image Paging Granted Licenses to Provide Basic Local Telephone Service
• June 25, 1997--Climax Telephone/Ameritech Michigan Interconnection Agreement
• June 10, 1997--75th National Conference of Regulatory Utility Commission Engineers
• June 10, 1997--MPSC Consultation with FCC
• June 5, 1997--BRE/Ameritech Interconnection Agreement
• June 5, 1997--MCI Metro-License Expansion
• June 5, 1997--MPSC Order Opening Electric Competition
  

  May 1997
  

• May 22, 1997--The Michigan Independent Network, Inc. Granted License to Provide Basic Local Telephone Service
• May 22, 1997--Consumers Energy 1994 PSCR Reconciliation
• May 19, 1997--Michigan Summer Energy Appraisal 1997
• May 7, 1997--Millennium Group Telemanagement, LLC - License to Provide Basic Local Telephone Service

  April 1997

• April 24, 1997--MIDCOM Communications Inc. License to Provide Basic Local Telephone Service
• April 10, 1997--Consumers Energy
• April 10, 1997--Ameritech Michigan Restructuring Request Dismissal
• April 4, 1997--KMC Telecom Inc. & A.R.C. Network, Inc. Granted Basic Local Telephone Licenses
• April 4, 1997--TCG Detroit-Basic Local Telephone Service License Expansion
• April 4, 1997--Sprint/Ameritech Information Services Interconnection Agreement
• April 4, 1997--AT&T Communications of Michigan/Ameritech Michigan Interconnection Agreement

  March 1997

• March 28, 1997--Presque Isle's Electric Rate Reduction
• March 27, 1997--Electronic Distribution of Commission Materials via E-Mail
• March 27, 1997--Michigan Gas Utility's Rate Revision
• March 24, 1997 -- Public Hearings
• March 10, 1997 -- WinStar Wireless & Ameritech Michigan, Interconnection Agreement
• March 10, 1997 -- Building Communications, Inc. Granted Basic Local Telephone License

  February 1997

• February 28, 1997 - TCG Detroit/Ameritech Information Industry Services Interconnection Agreement
• February 28, 1997 - LCI License Expansion
• February 20, 1997 -- GTE Transfers License to Provide Basic Local Telephone Service in Eight Exchanges to PTI Communications of Michigan, Inc.
• February 5, 1997 - MPSC Consultation with the FCC on Ameritech Michigan's Section 271 Application
• February 5, 1997 - Detroit Edison/Worthington Industries Special Contract
• February 5, 1997 - Utility Company Informational Filings Regarding Electric Industry Restructuring/Public Hearing Schedule
• February 5, 1997 - USN Communications' License Expansion for Basic Local Telephone Service
• February 5, 1997 - Tele-Phone-Communication, Inc. & Cypress Telecommunications Corp. Granted Basic Local Telephone Licenses

January 1997

• January 28, 1997 -- Soliciting Public Comments on Nuclear Waste Disposal Inquiry
• January 28, 1997 - USN Communications/Ameritech Michigan Interconnection Agreement
• January 15, 1997 -- Sprint/Ameritech and Sprint/GTE Interconnection Arrangements
• January 8, 1997 -- Coast to Coast Telecommunications, Inc. granted license to provide basic local telephone service.
• January 6, 1997 -- Reminder of Public Hearings on Electric Industry Restructuring